Dumb brunette steals the picture

... native enchantress does not speak or act and is its one triumph. The film is taken from the early novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. which describes the degradation of a white man in Borneo in the old days of sail. Willems, vain, U n 5 crupulous, self ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1952
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2328 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Main Ouicast Of The Islands**** Kerima Ralph Richardson Trevor Howard FE\V directors can, in the first quarter ..

... an incisive introduction to the characters of the story. Fewer again, I would imagine, could pull it off where one of Joseph Conrad’s novels is being brought to the screen, for the author is an expert at atmosphere building chapter by chapter. But with ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1952
Newspaper: Picturegoer
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 479 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS is thrilling in the extreme. * * (Plaza). Carol Reed's Certainly a film to see. latest

... however. has London : The Magic Box ••• ; Tuesd a y . . Worreek (Covent Gar- i 11.35-Prokoßey touintet). 11 caught all the Joseph Conrad Mr Denning Drives North ••• ; den) : The Lion and the Unicorn --Close atmosphere and the has been The Day the Earth Stood ...

Published: Sunday 20 January 1952
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 820 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... recognition of the two rival Chinese Governments But this new develop- Command performance- In fact Reed’s version of Joseph Conrad’s book Outcast of the Islands” distinctly grown-up stuff I am usually more ready to see a film when I have not read the ...

Published: Thursday 24 January 1952
Newspaper: Grimsby Daily Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 3961 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LONDON NOTES

... the novels section such classics Jane Eyre von Charlotte Bronte. A. J. Cronln represented by Die Zicade'.le, and Joseph Conrad, Pole who wrote in English and now translated Into German, by TalXun. There are manuscripts great composers, Including ...

2 WORTHING GAZETTE Wednesday, January 30, 1952 / Youth News WORTHING fleshOW SEA CADETS WIN to 0 D E -

... n n: u s his Southern Area efficiency pennant. emcee. with this drama based on the started a 12-week tern ea soviet by Joseph Conrad Trevor 11 o'clock RENDEZVOUS Monday was 16 - year - old The Commanding Officer. Lieu- - Seward plays the title role ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 1952
Newspaper: Worthing Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3669 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Royal Tour Film Is A Triumph

... lapsed. All through Outcast of the Islands I kept wondering why Mr. Reed had turned back to this cruel, dismal story by Joseph Conrad: he said because he had always wanted to do a Conrad story for the spirit of adventure in them. Whenever a whiff of adventure ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 1952
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1128 | Page: 12 | Tags: Photographs 

AT THE CINEMA

... AT THE CINEMA with C. A. LEJEUNE I MAY as well admit straight away that I have never read Joseph Conrad's novel, An Outcast of the Islands, so I am not in a position to say exactly how much, and in what ways, Carol Reed's picture differs from the original ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 1952
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1408 | Page: 32 | Tags: Review 

** Fi* ntertainment Tropical Drama Our Greatest Film Triumph?

... his disintegration The picture is set in the Far be t s i n. East and is based on the novel Fighting—both in the ring by Joseph Conrad. and out, with gloves and guns, A powerful drama, the film is or without either -- is almost splendidly acted by a talented ...

Published: Friday 01 February 1952
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1071 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

On an island with Carol Reed

... notable supporting players includes names like Wilfred Hyde-White and George Coulouris. The story adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad, and was filmed on location in Ceylon. The authenticity of its lavish scenes and the accomplished actingput it in a very ...

Published: Friday 01 February 1952
Newspaper: Worthing Herald
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 1273 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

FILM STILL

... with a suggestion of underlying passion—a beauty that is at once as old as the world and as young as today. INthese words Joseph Conrad described AisFa, the strange woman who plays such a vital part in his story An Outcast of the Islands. Where was a film ...

Published: Saturday 02 February 1952
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 359 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Getting the right books to the right papers

... proceeds of the former, and part proceeds from the latter to the Medway Cadets Disaster Fund. An Outcast of the Islands By JOSEPH CONRAD The new Carol Reed film is going well—so is the Book. 6s. net We will advise you when the film is to be shown in your district ...

Published: Saturday 02 February 1952
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 863 | Page: 12 | Tags: none